Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Blue Star Mine, Chapman Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada

Oldest recorded age at locality: 1160
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1154

mindat Locality ID: 244421
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-244421.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Blue Star Mine, Chapman Township, Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 45°44'3"N
Longitude: 79°34'58"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 45.734166666667,-79.582777777778

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Not in a structural group	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Tivanite

Anatase ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Fluorite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Pseudorutile ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Samarskite-(Y) ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Al Ca Ce F Fe K Mn Nb O Si Sn Ta Th Ti U Y

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca F Fe K Mn Nb O Si Sn Ti Y

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Columbite Corundum Feldspar Fluorite None Not in a structural group Quartz Rutile Spinel Tivanite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of localities containing mineral
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1160	1154	2162
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1160	1154	5171
Columbite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Nb₂O₆	1160	1154	289
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆	1160	1154	414
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1160	1154	9617
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1160	1154	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1160	1154	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1160	1154	4924
Pseudorutile ()*	Tivanite	Fe³⁺₂Ti⁴⁺₃O₉	1160	1154	30
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1160	1154	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1160	1154	5614
Samarskite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	YFe³⁺Nb₂O₈	1160	1154	353

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Bradley_2012_021	1160	1154	1157±3	U/Pb						Yes				562	Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada	Parry Sound	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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